Armed Forces: Pensions

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending armed forces pension eligibility criteria to include personnel who served for more than six years but left the service before the age of 26 an

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1. 1 September 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending armed forces pension eligibility criteria to include personnel who served for more than six years but left the service before the age of 26 an

   Source: Commons

2. 9 September 2025

   Answer

   It is a principle of public service pensions policy, including Armed Forces Pensions, and one that has been upheld by successive Governments, that improvements to pension schemes are not made retrospectively. To concede retrospection for one group would p...

   Source: Written answer

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